Hampyeong-gun Re-certified as an 'Excellent Family-Friendly Institution' by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

Sang-ik Lee, the mayor of Hampyeong County, is holding a certificate of 'Family-Friendly Excellent Institution' in the mayor's office on the 20th and posing for a commemorative photo. Photo by Hampyeong County

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 20th, Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it has obtained re-certification as an excellent family-friendly institution in the ‘Family-Friendly Certification Institution Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

‘Family-Friendly Certification’ is a system that grants certification to institutions that exemplary operate family-friendly policies such as childbirth and childcare support, and improvement of working environments to support work-family balance.

To create a family-friendly workplace culture, the county designates every Wednesday and Friday as ‘Family Love Days’ to encourage leaving work on time, and implements various family-friendly policies such as flexible working hours and paternity leave for male workers.

Accordingly, in October, through on-site inspections by professional evaluators from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, document reviews, and employee satisfaction surveys, the county achieved the result of obtaining re-certification as an excellent family-friendly institution.

With this re-certification, the county will maintain its status as an ‘Excellent Family-Friendly Institution’ for three years until 2025.

Since it was first selected as a family-friendly certified institution in 2014, it has firmly established itself as a family-friendly institution by passing the extension in 2017, re-certification in 2019, and again passing the re-certification evaluation this year.

County Governor Lee Sang-ik said, “As a family-friendly certified institution, we will continue to take the lead in creating a family-friendly workplace culture by discovering various systems.”

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